Rhubarb Recipes


Here are some recipes for dishes with rhubarb from The Messy Apron archives.

Berry and Rhubarb Galette
A rustic single-crust pie stuffed with perky rhubarb and sweet, delicious berries.

Blueberry Rhubarb Sauce
Don't let strawberries have all the fun! Blueberries make a fine dessert sauce with rhubarb, too.

Hot and Sour Lettuce Wraps with Pork
These savory lettuce wraps are an admittedly unusual application of rhubarb, but I stand by its use in a hot-and-sour flavor profile!

Rhubarb Barbecue Sauce
More like a tart and tangy condiment, this sauce is a delightfully perky compliment to chicken, pork or tofu.

Rhubarb Compote wtih Brown Sugar and Vanilla Bean
A wonderful rhubarb sauce with a fabulous flavor combination. Spoon it over ice cream or pound cake, or stir it into yogurt.

Rhubarb Custard Bars (see photo above)
A rich and delicious dessert with a shortbread cookie crust, a custard filling with rhubarb, and a cheesecake-like topping

Rhubarb Custard Pie
Mounds of brown sugar-sweetened rhubarb are held together nicely by just enough custard in this decadent pie

Rhubarb-Ginger Galette (see photo below)
A rustic pie stuffed with sweetened rhubarb and flavored with fresh ginger and vanilla

Rhubarb Sour Cream Muffins
Sweetened with brown sugar to compliment the tart rhubarb, these muffins are also just a bit tangy from the addition of sour cream.

Rhubarb Yogurt Cake
A simple coffee cake with a pockets of tart rhubarb and a sweet brown sugar-pecan topping.

Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp with Graham Cracker Topping
A delicious sweet and tart dessert with a crunchy topping that soaks up some of rhubarb's juicy goodness. Strawberries are not essential, since you can make it with just rhubarb if you want.

Strawberry Rhubarb Fool and Strawberry Rhubarb Frozen Fool
Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce folded into whipped cream with a splash of orange liqueur. Freeze it to make a semifreddo-style dessert.

Strawberry Rhubarb Freezer Jam
A simple and delicious introduction to jam-making without the labor of canning.

Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce
A simple but delicious sauce with the classic spring combination of strawberries and rhubarb